Google launched the Cloud CDN service

Without attracting much attention, Google launched the Google Cloud CDN , a new service that offers the functions of a full-fledged content delivery network. The release is intended for independent developers who are interested in quick loading of created applications, reports venturebeat.com .

After the first batch of the product appears on the market, Google arranges the acceptance of applications from users who want to test the new product, because at the moment the service is available in only a few countries. It is gradually planned to expand the geography of the Google Cloud CDN, providing access to the network for everyone.

According to the product description, “The Google Cloud CDN (Content Delivery Network) uses Google’s cache repositories located in different countries to cache HTTP (S) load-balanced content belonging to users from a particular region. "Caching data in Google’s repositories created around the world ensures faster delivery of content to users, thereby reducing the load on their servers."

This is another advantage that will allow the Google Cloud Platform to compete with other large cloud providers, in particular, with the market leader Amazon Web Services, which introduced the public CloudFront CDN service.

Microsoft Azure also has its own content delivery network. To expand the existing package of cloud services, Google experts continually replenished it with various developments, including a tool for storing and editing application codes. In addition to a wide range of product features, Google Cloud also offers attractive prices for cloud services required for calculations and storage of information. Recently, Google users have the opportunity to customize the resource base of virtual mechanisms used in the Google Compute Engine.

Google has partnered with CDN providers such as Fastly, CloudFlare, Highwinds, and Level 3.

In the list of reliable partners of Google was Akamai - the largest player in the CDN market. As AWS has grown rapidly, CloudFront has faced the need to serve the new needs of an extensive international network, which poses a number of serious issues for Akamai. It seems that after the new release, Google will become not just a partner, but also a competitor.